kimchi_paradise t1_iyf8e1c wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:12 PM

Reply to comment by TopDeckHero420 in Tennessee officers won’t face charges for violent arrest ----- A district attorney says a grand jury has declined to indict police officers after an investigation by Tennessee's police agency into the violent arrest of a Black man for alleged traffic violations by paulfromatlanta

>Ran a stop sign, sped, failed to pull over, fled into a dwelling, resisted detainment and fled yet again.

And so therefore it is justified to use violence in this situation?

kimchi_paradise t1_ixx2isr wrote on November 27, 2022 at 1:28 AM

Reply to I’m tired of the oh don’t do it, I wouldn’t recommend it, the getting declined by credit lenders, especially affirm. by 2LiveNDie4LA

Can you save up and get parts over time, and then learn to build it yourself? You could build a decent PC for as low as $500 (or even lower?) if you look in the right places and get the right parts. Should check out r/pcmasterrace for tips on builds and components, they should have a lot of resources there for you.

Probably some of the more limiting parts would be a decent graphics card, but you might even be able to find a decent one used as people upgrade their parts. Might even be able to find a decent gaming computer used. Check out that sub and see which parts you should get used vs new.

You'll only get financial advice here, so go there for computer advice.

kimchi_paradise t1_ixlguj0 wrote on November 24, 2022 at 9:26 AM

Reply to comment by 1987-2074 in Andor - Episode 12 Finale - Discussion Thread! by PhoOhThree

>Therefore, racism as we understand it in our world surely exist within the Star Wars Universe. It has been simplified though to the fascist Empire is just very xenophobic.

>Because Star Wars is a medium intended to be viewed by our world’s eyes.

Luckily, Star Wars is a fictional universe set in the very distant past.

All fictional medium is intended to be viewed by the eyes of this world, but thankfully doesn't necessarily need to be interpreted as such.

With far more interactive and intelligent species and mechanical objects (ie droids), the concept of race as we know it gets diluted to the point that it no longer matters what our definition of race is, but what each of the characters' definition of race. Ewoks are considered a race, regardless of their skin color. Same with humans. Same with Chewbaccas lol.

So it's not completely out of the ordinary to see someone human with a different color skin in the empire, and then again with the resistance, as race does not exist like that. It would be weird to see an Ewok with the Empire though, since it's been implied that that race does not really have a reason to be there.

Sometimes, it does get a little tiring though whenever there's like 2 black people and people are like "INACCURATE!" in a completely fictional setting, and then go on to explain why it shouldn't be like that and yadda yadda. Like, their race has no bearing on them being there so why does it matter? They could be Indian or Asian and it would still not make a difference. Let me just enjoy the show. Le sigh lol.